Cooking Primordial Soup with Julia Child, and other stories »

By Melany Fulgham on Sep 23, 2009 in Science | 9 Comments

OK, so I’ve already posted this on Facebook and Twitter, but I’m posting it here too because it’s just sooooo awesome. This video struck me. I love the way she demystifies science the same way she demystifies gourmet food.  I love the way she is enthusiastic and not fearful of science.  I love the way [...]

Goodyear, Harper, and the sad state of science in Canada »

By Melany Fulgham on Apr 13, 2009 in Science | 0 Comments

Ottawa Skeptics recently created a petition page to remove Gary Goodyear…the Canadian Minister of Science and Technology, who at best is a chiropractor and at worst a creationist.  The fact that our Science minister may be a creationist is embarrassing, but this is not the only problem with science in our country. After the initial Globe and [...]

What being open minded really means.. »

By Melany Fulgham on Apr 2, 2009 in Atheism, Science | 0 Comments

QualiaSoup explains it perfectly: <via The Friendly Athiest>

Darwin Day Roundup »

By Melany Fulgham on Feb 13, 2009 in Science | 0 Comments

I thought I’d round up some of my favourite links from Darwin Day yesterday: Why Darwin Matters Darwin and the Vertigo of Vision: Beyond the Science v. Religion Debate  BBC World Service Radio interviews Dawkins on Darwin DISCOVER Does Darwin: Special Section on Evolution The Evolution of the Eye

Science: it works, bitches. »

By Melany Fulgham on Jul 23, 2008 in Science | 0 Comments

Joe ordered us some shirts with the above slogan from the XKCD store: http://store.xkcd.com/ There are many more I’d love to have, but I don’t want to be one of those people that wears nothing but clever t-shirts.  It’s a fine line to walk… Any-who, while I’m on the topic of Science!, Joe and I [...]